Zscaler Web Activity Reports HR Can Actually Use
Cyfin connects to your Zscaler Internet Access log feeds and turns raw proxy data into noise-free, human-only web activity reports. IT configures it once. After that, HR runs investigations independently and managers receive scheduled reports automatically — no IT involvement required.
Your Zscaler Logs Are Not HR Reports
Zscaler Internet Access captures every web request that crosses your organization's network — but what it captures and what HR needs to see are two entirely different things. A single website visit generates dozens of individual proxy log entries. Automated background traffic — cloud sync, browser telemetry, software updates, SaaS application heartbeats — is recorded right alongside deliberate employee browsing. The raw data arrives as user IDs and URL fragments, not the recognizable names and sessions HR needs for an investigation or a policy conversation.
Organizations that moved from traditional on-premises firewalls to Zscaler's cloud-delivered platform often discover that their old reporting workflow no longer applies. The familiar syslog path is gone. ZIA log feeds require different handling, and the volume of cloud proxy data is far higher than what legacy appliances produced. IT teams end up fielding HR requests that require pulling logs from Zscaler, filtering out noise manually, and translating technical identifiers into something HR can read — for every single investigation.
Cyfin ingests Zscaler Internet Access log data continuously, filters out all non-human background traffic, and reconstructs individual browsing sessions from raw proxy entries. The setup takes less than a day. After that, HR runs its own investigation reports through a self-service portal and managers receive scheduled activity summaries automatically — without involving IT at all.
What Cyfin Delivers
Human-Only Activity Reports
All automated background traffic is filtered out before any report is generated. What HR sees is exclusively deliberate employee browsing — no cloud sync noise, no SaaS telemetry, no misattribution from automated processes.
Session Reconstruction
Dozens of raw proxy entries are rebuilt into individual browsing sessions with start time and duration. One website visit appears as one readable event, not a stream of fragmented log entries that HR cannot interpret.
HR Self-Service Investigations
HR managers run their own investigation reports through a secure self-service portal — without submitting requests to IT. IT configures Cyfin once; HR operates independently from that point forward.
Cloud-Ready Reporting
Designed to work with cloud-delivered security platforms like Zscaler. Cyfin handles the higher log volumes and different data structures that come with cloud-based proxies — no manual reformatting or custom scripting required.
Scheduled Reports to Managers
Cyfin delivers automated activity reports to managers and HR on a schedule they define — daily, weekly, or monthly. No manual requests, no IT involvement. The right information reaches the right people automatically.
30+ Years of Proven Accuracy
Wavecrest Computing has been solving this specific problem since 1996. The noise-filtering and session reconstruction algorithms have been refined across decades of real-world proxy and firewall log data from organizations like yours.
Built for Zscaler Environments
Cyfin extends your existing Zscaler investment to deliver the HR and management reporting layer that ZIA itself does not provide. The integration works with Zscaler's log export capabilities, requires no changes to your Zscaler configuration, and is up and running in less than a day.
- Zscaler Internet Access log integration — Cyfin ingests ZIA log feed data and processes it through the same noise-filtering and session reconstruction engine used with traditional firewall logs. Works with Zscaler's cloud-delivered proxy platform.
- No Zscaler configuration changes — Cyfin connects to your existing Zscaler log output. No modifications to your ZIA policies, no changes to your network topology, no additional Zscaler licensing required.
- Fast time to value — Most organizations are running reports the same day Cyfin is deployed. No lengthy implementation, no professional services engagement, no ongoing IT maintenance after initial setup.
- Active Directory mapping — Reports show employee names and departments, not Zscaler user IDs or email addresses. HR sees people, not technical identifiers — essential for any investigation or policy conversation.
We just completed a rigorous evaluation of Wavecrest Computing's web-access reporting product Cyfin. We found that Cyfin produces comprehensive information that can help managers quickly correct inappropriate or ineffective surfing.
Reports That Hold Up When It Matters
Proxy and gateway logs — including those generated by cloud-delivered platforms like Zscaler Internet Access — are a well-established and legally accepted basis for monitoring employee activity on company networks. This approach has been upheld in employment proceedings and is widely recognized as appropriate for workplace investigations. Government agencies, healthcare organizations, and financial institutions rely on this standard for disciplinary and compliance actions where the evidentiary bar is high.
Screen capture and keystroke logging tools carry substantially higher legal risk. They are subject to privacy violation claims, carry complex disclosure requirements, and are far more vulnerable to challenge when evidence is contested. They also produce unmanageable data volumes — hours of recordings per employee per day that no HR team can realistically review. Cyfin's approach — proxy log data, automatically noise-filtered, reconstructed into readable sessions — gives you defensible evidence without operational burden on IT or HR.
See What Your Zscaler Users Are Actually Doing
Start with a free trial — no credit card, no IT commitment beyond the initial syslog connection. Or request a demo to see Cyfin reporting on Zscaler log data before involving your team.